Welcome to MentisCopia, abundance of the mind

"Starfield" (in the milky way or some other galaxy as seen through a powerful telescope?)   Wrong.  Looks can be deceiving.  This is actually a photo of Christmas lights on a porch railing seen from inside the house through a window covered with frost.   One of many examples of self-similarity of scale we can find in our incredible universe.       This is a website where the primary author, Carlos F. A. Pinkham, will slowly launch some of the many ideas, interests, insights and experiences he has been blessed with over a lifetime of thinking and living before they slip away into oblivion (like the frost, then the Christmas lights, and eventually, the stars they mimic).

Ultimately, this website will provide an introduction to who he is and feature his faith, his family, his patented ideas and those that are not patented, his contributions to science, especially the Pinkham-Pearson index, his insights on life, his insights on faith and science, his insights on Christianity, his interest in astrobiology, his thoughts on his hobbies: sea shell collecting, stamp collecting, coin collecting, fossil collecting, mineral collecting, and bird watching, his contributions during his military career, his contributions during his teaching career, his artistic endeavors, and other snippets of his life.  Some of these will have broad appeal; some will be interesting only to him.  Some will generate much discussion; most will be effective antidotes for insomnia.

Carl (I) hopes and prays that it will not be regarded as a platform for self-aggrandizement, but rather as a vehicle for sharing with the world how an active mind, over a lifetime, can't help but generate interesting and even useful thoughts and encounter wonderful adventures - thoughts and adventures that would often never be shared beyond a narrow group of acquaintances, except for that potential for instant dissemination, the Internet.

To learn more, click on any of the following topics.  Each active (underlined and in blue) link brings you to a page where the topic is explored further.  If they are in a larger font, the page is inside MentisCopia.  Headings in red provide some of the topics on that page.  Some of these pages invite your comment and some pages provide resources for your use and enjoyment.  If they are in a smaller font, the page is outside MentisCopia, so you might want to bookmark the page you are on before you leave.  Those pages with an inactive link just serve as a page holder for an idea.

Mission Trip to Anajali School in Kibera Slum, Kenya, June 28th-July 10th, 2012

Carl's Testimony

     How to Create Your Own Testimony

Witnessing Tools

    Bell Shaped Curve

     God is oh, so Clever

     Loving the "Unclean"

Faith and Science

     Natural Revelation

          How the Intricate Simplicity of the Cell and the Heme Molecule Reflect the Trinity and God's Plan of Salvation

             A New Way Salt May Metaphorically Serve as an Example of Natural Revelation in the Bible

       Jesus' Crucifixion

    Evolution is not the Enemy; Intelligent Design is not the Solution

          Conversations with a Seeker of Comprehension

    Each of Us is Really Unique. [and how that relates to abortion]

Astrobiology

     the American Scientific Affiliation, a network of over 1700 Christians in science

     Twelve Fundamental Principles of Christianity

          Wisedrop, a Christian fable

     Eight Phenomena That Recur Often in Cosmological, Chemical and Biological Evolution

     Smithsonian Museum's Hall of Human Origins

    Truth and the Bible

          Agape

The Trouble with the Trinity

Norwich Christian Fellowship

The Vermont State Science and Mathematics Fair

The Vermont ESTEEM Network (VEN), promoting enthusiasm for Science, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Engineering, and Math

Carl's Family

     Pinkham Genealogy

Carl's Military Career

Carl's Academic and Teaching Career

     Vermont Science Teachers' Network

     BI 360, Pathophysiology

     BI 215 and 216, Human Anatomy and Physiology

     BI 275 Environmental Biology

The Pinkham-Pearson Index

Hobbies

     Bird watching

               Mistaken Identity; Vermont Sparrow Key; Christmas Bird Count, Northfield West, 2011; Carl's North American life list north of Mexico

               (and additional locales)

Flash cards

Photography

Art

Poetry

TerraCopia and the Wallo'Water Plant Protector

Proper writing